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A free Windows optimization and debloat app for gamers. Pick your tweaks, read the exact plan, then apply it behind a restore point. Nothing runs until you say so.
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Both land the same signed release. The installer is the short path; the command does the same thing without leaving your terminal.
The normal Windows setup. Adds a Start menu entry, and a desktop shortcut if you tick the box.
v1.0.2 · 53 MB · Windows 10 2004+ · 64-bitChecksum file
94CF6B41ACE1F6FB1A586A491BEC7905F71F5A920B1D14FF58E7049DCE5B7643
Verify it yourself: Get-FileHash .\Optimal-Setup.exe -Algorithm SHA256
Run this in an elevated PowerShell window. It fetches the same release, verifies its SHA-256 against the published checksum, and only then launches the installer.
$env:OPTIMAL_GITHUB_REPOSITORY = 'unquerys/Optimal'& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/unquerys/Optimal/main/install.ps1')))Requires an elevated PowerShell window.
Either route verifies the checksum before anything runs.
Optimal opens with zero selections. Choose, review, confirm.
No restore point, no run. Undo stays available afterwards.
Every release ships a checksum. Verify before you run it.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Read-only diagnostics first. You decide what happens next.
OPPORTUNITIES
0 changes selected
Startup selects nothing
SAFETY NET
Restore point required
Registry exports per run
The app
Optimal starts by reading your machine — CPU, GPU, memory, system drive and connection, live — then validates every tweak against your Windows build and hardware before it offers it to you. A global Simple/Advanced switch decides how much of the catalogue you see. The plan you see is the plan that runs.
Optimal reads your adapter, addressing and route first, then shows you the Windows controls that actually apply to it. Discovery is read-only. Nothing about your connection changes until you select a control and confirm it.
Live gateway and public-route latency, measured on demand.
Reversible network controls
Turns off the multicast fallback Windows uses after normal DNS fails, which is the usual vector for local-network name-resolution spoofing.
Stops this PC making unauthenticated SMB guest connections, keeping authentication protections on when you are on a network you do not control.
Requires outbound SMB sessions to be signed rather than accepting unsigned file-sharing traffic. Flagged aggressive because older NAS and print devices can refuse it.
All three are Advanced-mode controls, need a reboot, and capture their exact prior state so they can be reverted.
Network toolbox
IP assignment, DNS, metering, hardware status
Pick a trusted provider and DNS-over-HTTPS
Per-app usage and background traffic
Review profiles without disabling protection
Discovery, file sharing, public/private mode
Last-resort repair, with the restart warning
These open the matching Windows tool. Optimal organises them rather than reimplementing them.
No blanket TCP registry presets. They are not one-size-fits-all, they are widely copied without measurement, and they are the reason so many "network optimizers" make things worse. Optimal measures the route and exposes the supported Windows controls instead. Per-game QoS will ship only with an exact executable target and a reversible policy.
Used by pros
Competitive players do not want a mystery script run on the machine they compete on. Optimal shows the exact operations before they run, keeps the prior values, and lets you walk any of it back.
Pointer acceleration off, Game Mode on, background capture and Game DVR disabled, and a power plan that stops the CPU idling down mid-round.
Balanced Latency and Competitive NVIDIA profiles applied through Profile Inspector's documented import, matched to your card.
Live gateway and public-route latency, addressing and MTU in plain sight, and no blanket TCP presets pretending to be a fix.
Every control names the registry key or command it runs, and the run history keeps a record of what was applied and when.
Good for games like
Optimal does not patch or inject into any game. It tunes Windows underneath them, so anything sensitive to frame pacing and input latency benefits.
All game, publisher and platform names and logos are trademarks of their respective owners, shown only to describe what Optimal is useful for. Optimal is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them.
Why Optimal
Most tweak scripts are one-way doors. Optimal records enough prior state to walk every change back.
Execution order
Review
Confirm
Restore point
Fails closed. No restore point, no run.
Registry backups
Changes
Revert journal
Exact prior values, kept for undo.
Applying or undoing a run requires a fresh restore point. If Windows cannot create one, nothing executes.
Every operation records its exact prior value, so an applied run can be undone from the History page.
Startup is read-only detection. A change needs manual selection, a plan review, and an explicit confirmation.
Detection covers CPU class, core count, laptop thermals, and RTX 20/30/40/50 and GTX 16 families before recommending anything.
Tweaks
Every control is defined in a JSON manifest with its own detection, apply, and revert steps, plus a link to the documentation behind it.
Telemetry, suggestions, and AI integrations
Advertising ID, tailored experiences, activity history, diagnostic data, consumer experiences, feedback prompts, local-only search, Copilot, Recall, Edge AI, Notepad AI, location, suggestions, and lock-screen tips.
Curated installs through exact WinGet IDs
Brave, Firefox, LibreWolf, PowerToys, Everything, NanaZip, Windhawk, LatencyMon, GPU-Z, HWMonitor, CrystalDiskInfo, NVIDIA Profile Inspector. All start unchecked.
Current-user AppX removal, nothing system-wide
Clipchamp, Solitaire, News, Weather, Feedback Hub, Get Help, Microsoft 365 hub, Power Automate, Dev Home, 3D Viewer, legacy Cortana, Messaging, Mixed Reality Portal, Sway, Wallet. Security, Store, Terminal, runtimes and frameworks stay protected.
Local-network hardening, reversible
Disable LLMNR name resolution, block insecure SMB guest logons, and require SMB client signing. Advanced-mode controls with documented Microsoft sources, all reboot-gated and revertible.
File Explorer, Start, and taskbar behaviour
Show file extensions and hidden files, compact spacing, align the taskbar left, End task on the taskbar, last-active click, open to This PC, and drop search highlights, Phone Link and Start recommendations.
Input, capture, and NVIDIA driver profiles
Game Mode on, pointer acceleration off, background capture and Game DVR off, Sticky Keys shortcut and Memory Integrity off, plus the Balanced Latency and Competitive NVIDIA Profile Inspector profiles.
Shell rendering and filesystem behaviour
Dark mode, transparency effects, Storage Sense, long path support, background Store apps, menu delay, and the Explorer startup delay.
The OPTIMAL POWER PLAN and fast startup
Builds a dedicated powercfg scheme derived from Ultimate Performance, and switches off fast startup so a shutdown is a real shutdown.
How and when Windows Update interrupts
Stops Delivery Optimization seeding updates to other machines, excludes drivers from quality updates, and blocks restarts while you are signed in.
Every control declares its own detection, apply and revert steps, plus the minimum Windows build it needs.
By the numbers
74
validated controls
across 11 manifests
9
categories
Network arrived in 1.0
7
onboarding stages
including a debloat review
0
telemetry endpoints
the app phones nobody
Community
Ask what a tweak actually does before you run it, compare results on similar hardware, report a bug, or request a control. Development happens in the open.
FAQ
Optimal never acts on its own. Startup does read-only hardware and current-state detection, and every change needs manual selection, a plan review showing the exact operations, and a confirmation. Applying a run creates a fresh System Restore point first — if Windows cannot create it, the run stops before a single change. Registry exports are written per run as readable .reg files. Controls are tiered verified, situational or aggressive, and the aggressive ones — turning off Memory Integrity, for instance — are labelled as such rather than buried in a preset.